President Aliyev on state visit to Greece (UPDATE)
By Aynur Jafarova
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev started a state visit to Greece on June 15.
A guard of honor was arranged for the head of state at Athens International Airport decorated with the flags of Azerbaijan and Greece.
President Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva were met by senior state and government officials of Greece.
As a part of the visit, President Aliyev and the First Lady visited the Acropolis of Athens.
On June 16, President Aliyev visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens.
A guard of honor was set up for the head of state here. President Aliyev laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The military orchestra played the national anthems of Azerbaijan and Greece.
On the same day, President Aliyev was officially welcomed by Greek President Karolos Papoulias.
Greek state and government officials were introduced to President Aliyev and members of the Azerbaijani delegation were introduced to President Papoulias.
Greece opened an embassy in Azerbaijan 1992. It became operational in 1993.
The level of trade and commercial relations between the two countries is very low given the great potential for this. Health sector, tourism, cooperation between businessmen of both countries is among a very big range of fields.
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